Change Course

Power in organizations can be collected, and concentrated in a few different ways. Having information, being able to use it and being the gatekeeper of data and information capital or assets is how I'm seeing power being concentrated in organizations today. So what does this mean for a change manager and change leader? Listen to the episode to find out!

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Whoops! I made a technical error and this is the actual episode for "Tastes Like Crow". Previously, episode 55 played a repeat of "I'm not here to make friends" Thanks to the listener who pointed it out to me, and thanks to all of you for your patience!

I wrongly judged someone and then someone else wrongly judged me.  How are these two things related?  Well, it has to do with age, and stereotypes. Got some great feedback on a previous episode which I address here, and then, coincidentally, had the same judgement passed on me! What does this tell us about change? Well, our categories and stereotypes won't help us where we're going... but mindset will.

As an aside, I also share with you what is one of the best explanations I've found for the relationships between change champions, the diffusion of innovation curve and the tipping point. 

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Donut stop believing

A critical part of making a transformation successful is your team.  The transformation team is an essential element to making the change happen, and one of the ways to get a cohesive team, is building a subculture. You're leading a group of disruptors, and sometimes that disruption is going to chafe against prevailing culture. Your people need a safe space to come back to, one where everyone has their back. So build a great subculture to support that. In this episode I tell the infamous donut story that one of my project teams will never let me forget! Its a great lesson in how protecting your team culture, goes a long way to carry them through when change gets tough... because it always gets tough before it gets better.

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Sometimes the problem you want to solve isn't the problem that you need to solve. Despite what we want to do, we can't change everything, everywhere, all at once!  I tell you a story about a CEO I met last week who is taking on the family business.  It's an amazing opportunity and of course, when there's family involved, it can get complicated. I share what I've done with other founder/CEO businesses in transition and how to approach change in a sensitive scenario like this one.

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I'm here to make change

When we meet with very resistant individuals, sometimes we have to go outside the regular change playbook, especially when these people hold a lot of power and influence.  I update you with a story about one of the execs I'm currently coaching that talks about how they finally were able to get a very resistant individual in line with the coming change.  Its an update to an episode from Nov 15th, titled, what game are you actually playing. I talk about what changed since then and why they were ready to confront this person now. It's a great example of how this type of conversation can work.

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I'm hoping in this episode that you can learn from my mistakes!  In this one I talk about one of the red flags I encounter when starting out in an organization.  Whenever you're the new kid on the block, you'll inevitably meet people who tell you that they "Love Change".  Usually they will say that they want to help you and be part of the initiative because they think change is awesome and really, overdue. I'm going to tell you what you need to be aware of, and worried about when meeting new people, and what power, politics and influence have to do with it!

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When we're reached implementation day for change (day 0) and we're ready to go, we're done right?  If you've ever tried to change, you'll know that the decision to change, or the big "implementation deadline" of the first day of change is only the beginning!  In this episode I talk about the Messy Middle, what it is and strategies to get through it, and why we're all susceptible to this bias!

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Have you found that some organizations just do change so much easier than others?  I have.  Part of Connected Change (TM) is understanding how group dynamics, relationships and organizational systems affect change, but I've also found that there are aspects of culture that make change easier or more difficult. 

Culture is driven by the purpose of the organization, but there is also the factor of how certain types of organizations attract specific personality types. Some of these personality types make change more difficult. 

We get into motivations and how to assess where employees fall in the different categories. I also link a great tool that can help you understand this in more depth (and yourself!) and talk about how what drives a person at work can impact how well the organization implements change.

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Ok. so you're a new change leader and this new job you have,  is overwhelming!  In fact you've never felt more uncomfortable in your life!  Pair that with fear (failure is not an option) and you've got the perfect storm for a very bumpy ride. 

In this episode I talk about the power of coaching and how delving deeper into understanding yourself can really help you become a stronger change leader. After all, if you have to lead people out of their comfort zones, you've got to get comfortable with your own!

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To work from home or not work from home... that is the question. We're updating the story of our resistant executive and where we are with the changing office norms, both individually, in this story, and more broadly with how trends are more broadly playing out.  

We also get into generational impacts, why this might be happening and how it helps to explain some of the behaviours we are seeing. 

I talk about one of the resources I like that helps move people with entrenched beliefs and mindset and we give you the full update on what has been happening and how our WFH resistant exec is doing!

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